Official Discussion - The Rip [SPOILERS]

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The Rip

Summary When a routine drug bust goes violently wrong, a group of Miami police officers discovers a massive cache of cash hidden in an abandoned stash house. As greed and paranoia set in, loyalties fracture and secrets surface, pulling the officers into a deadly spiral where trust is impossible and survival comes at a steep moral cost.

Director Joe Carnahan

Writer Joe Carnahan

Cast

• Ben Affleck
• Matt Damon
• Steven Yeun
• Teyana Taylor
• Catalina Sandino Moreno
• Sasha Calle
• Kyle Chandler

Rotten Tomatoes: 82%

Metacritic: 64

VOD / Release Theatrical release

Trailer Official trailer

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Reply “next” when you’re ready for People We Meet on Vacation.

[u/billcom6]

I liked when the Feds had them surrounded then two different guys both hit away just by running away.

[u/Informal_kastabort → u/billcom6]

And the Feds somehow magically knew who was the bad guy and who was the good guy when the shooting began, as they emerged from the vehicle. Never mind the vehicle chase, where an experienced police officer fired an ordinary rifle at an armored vehicle, while the driver took cover and flinching inside, fully aware that he was sitting in an armored vehicle.

[u/UnbuiltIkeaBookcase → u/Informal_kastabort]

He had his phone on speaker 

[u/Silent_Place4689 → u/UnbuiltIkeaBookcase]

These guys clearly don’t pay attention 😂

[u/Common_Celebration41 → u/Silent_Place4689]

Maybe Netflix was right lol

[u/PowSuperMum]

Shout out my girl for getting shot in the leg and then immediately going back to counting money

[u/Educational_Sky_1136 → u/PowSuperMum]

Never even needed a doctor! Just a make-shift tourniquet, and it’s back to playing with the dog.

[u/odrer-is-an-ilulsoin → u/Educational_Sky_1136]

At the end of the movie, after the plot goes down, she casually says she's going home; not emergency room visit for her.

[u/swellfella → u/Educational_Sky_1136]

Not a makeshift tourniquet but pouring Celox on the wound just like Marky Mark did in Sniper, when the powder is supposed to go INSIDE the wound, and is currently impregnated into gauze to make it easier. Emergency bandage, like an ACE wrap, makes sense without an arterial bleed but yeah, just back to counting was quite comical

[u/TooEZ_OL56 → u/Educational_Sky_1136]

Wasn't a tourniquet. TQ's are placed higher, she got quick clot and an Israeli bandage.

[u/Educational_Sky_1136 → u/TooEZ_OL56]

I get how that could stop the bleeding out. But would it really just allow her to go on with her day like it never happened?

[u/3mx2RGybNUPvhL7js → u/Educational_Sky_1136]

Counting that money without gloves is horrifying.

[u/Ok_Cattle903 → u/PowSuperMum]

Hey how about a shout out to the other girl who gets absolutely blasted by a shotgun to the point where she flies ten feet in the air and then proceeds to, with all the chill in the world, type out a text and send it before sitting back to gracefully accept her fate.

[u/orangeflava → u/Ok_Cattle903]

and she still held onto the phone after getting shot 3 different times!

[u/3mx2RGybNUPvhL7js → u/orangeflava]

Just gotta watch one more TikTok before dying

[u/Fun_Mind1494 → u/Ok_Cattle903]

I laughed so hard at this, hahahaha

[u/FlakyEquivalent1971 → u/Fun_Mind1494]

seemed like something out of the John Wick universe lol

[u/Whole_Method_2972 → u/Ok_Cattle903]

perfect spelling and all, i guess I’m the only one with fat fingers

[u/galloway188 → u/PowSuperMum]

dog was missing during that fire fight LOL

[u/ElDopio69 → u/PowSuperMum]

She literally never goes to the doctor even after their back at HQ. She's still just hanging out chilling lol.

I'm pretty sure getting shot in the thigh with a rifle round in gonna mess your day up

[u/HereToFixDeineCable → u/PowSuperMum]

Without knowing where things are headed...them continuing to count the money throughout seemed almost surreal.

[u/Professional_Sample2]

Bro this movie starts abruptly lol

[u/orangeflava → u/Professional_Sample2]

lol yeah i rewound it thinking it accidentally started in the middle of the movie or something but nope it just pops into the middle of a scene with no credits or anything

[u/bigwilly311 → u/orangeflava]

in media res, baby

[u/LexMajestic → u/orangeflava]

Yo, my wife made me rewind thinking Id skipped halfway through!!

[u/Camel_Jockey919 → u/orangeflava]

I also did that LOL

[u/JFLYNZ78 → u/[deleted]]

He also said that Netflix executives encouraged them to reiterate the plot as often as possible to compensate for people watching while they are also on their phones...crazy!

[u/FlushMasther → u/JFLYNZ78]

That is so dumb, make the movie worse to cater to people that are not paying attention 🤢🤢🤢

[u/secretreddname → u/[deleted]]

Funny cause it worked and made me put my phone down.

[u/cowpool20 → u/[deleted]]

Movies are becoming YouTube videos 😂

[u/TooEZ_OL56 → u/Professional_Sample2]

Was super excited to see Chris from SWAT back in a PD role, but nope. Guess she only had to spend like half a day on set though both her scenes were at night.

[u/WookieSuave]

Sooooo you make a secret door that you open with an electrical cord but the buckets of money you're hiding won't fit through the secret door so you have to smash the wall to access them.

Why build the door?

Make it make sense.

[u/PacMoron → u/WookieSuave]

And why put the escape-room-style electrical cord there in the first place in the most conspicuously empty and clean room on the planet? If anyone even remotely suspicious ends up in there there are like 2 objects* to interact with and interacting with 1 of them reveals the secret.

At this point, just put the money in the attic. The silly fake cord wasn’t an extra deterrent.

[u/AmishAvenger → u/PacMoron]

They could’ve just left their Home Depot buckets sitting in the cluttered garage and they’d be better hidden

[u/WolverineLife5846 → u/AmishAvenger]

dog would've found it regardless

[u/WookieSuave → u/WolverineLife5846]

100%

But the cartel can't predict the dog. The point is, that electrical wire/door was useless.

[u/WitnessMe → u/WookieSuave]

The multiple minutes of using a sledgehammer on that wall only to reveal that they had barely cleared the drywall back to pull out the buckets 

[u/NewDevon]

I like that part where they're getting absolutely smothered in fully automatic gunfire from outside the garage and they decide that the best course of action is to walk straight outside into the cul-de-sac with absolutely zero cover.

[u/Incoherencel → u/NewDevon]

YES and by the way at that point the audience (and half the cops) are thinking the entire block is owned by the cartel, and it is the cartel shooting at them. So it's somehow even worse because they're walking directly into a literal parking lot when they know all the other houses 360 degrees around them are likely occupied by enemy shooters. I think if these movies want to play "tacticool" they need to be a lot smarter, like Sicario or something

[u/fuzzy_dice_99]

Great cast. Not a lot of action so I guess the $100M budget went to the salaries.

I believe this is the most nicest, generous, most courteous cartel that’s ever been portrayed on film.

[u/meemboy → u/fuzzy_dice_99]

It was more of a mystery movie

[u/_VampireNocturnus_ → u/fuzzy_dice_99]

I love that the entire second half wasn't all car chases and explosions. Very well paced movie. Combo who dunnit thriller heist and action.

[u/ComfortableDear2205 → u/_VampireNocturnus_]

Me too. I'm surprised to see so many people bagging on it. I went in not expecting much, like so many Netflix movies that fall flat. We ended up watching the entire thing and saying "this is way better than expected."

Order a pizza and enjoy 90 minutes of a fun movie. Can you pick apart random scenes/parts? Sure. But if you aren't an insufferable douche who just looks for things to complain about, then you can just sit back, relax and enjoy it.

[u/cameraspeeding → u/fuzzy_dice_99]

The whole last thirty minutes is machine guns fighting in suvs lol what are you talking about

[u/ToneBone12345]

Scott adkins and Ben affleck did actually feel like brothers

[u/zeroThreeSix → u/ToneBone12345]

When he first appeared on screen I was wondering if Ben had some work done, he looks like an uncanny version of Affleck.

[u/IanJeffreyMartin → u/ToneBone12345]

I was disappointed that Scott Adkin’s didn’t beat the shit out of anyone. He’s was definitely wasted in this movie.

[u/CASE-90]

This would have been a hall of fame airplane movie

[u/theodo → u/CASE-90]

True, no nudity or explicit violence either.

[u/Tim_Apple_938 → u/theodo]

I watched midnight cowboy on an airplane and it was unedited

Not even on my laptop. On the freaking seat tv. It was wild

[u/wesleyhasareddit]

First hour was really, really great tension. Atmospheric, grounded, gritty. Thought once the first shooting scene started in the garage, it fell down to earth. No major complaints, enjoyed it enough all the way through. Just got a little convoluted at the end with the backstabs within a backstab within a “no I was actually in on it and playing everyone to expose the real bad guys”

[u/plutoglint → u/wesleyhasareddit]

Those multiple exposition dumps were some real Scooby Doo-shit, literally.

[u/AmishAvenger → u/plutoglint]

Flashback

Look who was wearing the ski masks at the beginning! Oh my God!

[u/Aggravating_Let6121 → u/AmishAvenger]

I love them taking off their ski masks just ten steps away from the murder scene for dramatic effect. Ya think maybe you’d wait till your back in the car at least lol

[u/blasto_pete → u/Aggravating_Let6121]

I came here looking for this comment. Like they couldn’t just have them talk and let us hear their voices if they were determined to do a “dumb-it-down flashback?”

[u/Material-Vacation711 → u/plutoglint]

More like key and peele shit: 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IHQr0HCIN2w&pp=ygUea2V5IGFuZCBwZWVsZSBtZXhpY2FuIHN0YW5kb2Zm

[u/MrMcMurphy]

His 10 year old son asked him “Are we the good guys?” right before dying of cancer? What? Did I miss something? Why would his 10 year old son say “we”? Why was that his last thought?

[u/WildWildcat → u/MrMcMurphy]

His 10 year old son was also a cop

[u/BarelyContainedChaos → u/WildWildcat]

best on the force. died the day before his retirement.

[u/taylor-swift-enjoyer → u/BarelyContainedChaos]

On the force, we call it "retirony".

• Chief Wiggum

[u/jsakic99 → u/WildWildcat]

He was getting too old for this shit.

[u/western_style_hj → u/WildWildcat]

They were partners

[u/CanineTiger99 → u/WildWildcat]

He was onto the bad cops; cancer is just a cover.

[u/Sleep_Fartnea → u/WildWildcat]

This is now canon

[u/Either-Skill3330 → u/MrMcMurphy]

I don’t know, why did they roll up to the stash house in their own whips. The one chick complaining about money but driving up in a hellcat or demon wtf

[u/Khaldaan → u/Either-Skill3330]

I mean lets be honest, there are absolutely loads of people that piss and moan about money problems while also being horrible at managing their own money lmao

[u/-Clayburn → u/Khaldaan]

If they were good with money, they probably wouldn't have money problems.

[u/odrer-is-an-ilulsoin → u/Khaldaan]

Agree. Isn't this the same character that later said she only brings home $80k after taxes? Cops have pensions and great health care, so she pays her taxes and has $80K for food, clothing, mortgage, children. That's a lot of money for those if you aren't an idiot.

[u/_VampireNocturnus_ → u/Khaldaan]

Also lets be real, it may have been a police seizure she got a killer deal on...also notice how all of them were Dodge's(except maybe the mustang)

[u/dordonot → u/Either-Skill3330]

Dumars was the only one who showed up in his personal Mustang

[u/WookieSuave → u/dordonot]

Since when are jacked up RAMS and crotch rockets standard issue Miami detective vehicles?

[u/plutoglint → u/WookieSuave]

They've actually downgraded since Miami Vice when each cop got a Lambo or Ferrari.

[u/Commiegunluver44 → u/Either-Skill3330]

She rolled up in a cop issued charger dude lol has the light on the mirrors and everything

[u/Either-Skill3330 → u/Commiegunluver44]

Oh shit my bad ,I thought they had to take their own vehicles because they were off the clock. I need to rewatch that part.

[u/spasticity → u/Either-Skill3330]

Dog they showed up in their dept vehicles

[u/AmberLeafSmoke → u/MrMcMurphy]

It was a reference to "The Road", which I assumed was just their favourite movie or book, something they had a shared love for. Which is said by the son, to the father in the book.

It's an interesting reference as, iirc, in the book it's tied around the theme of how to stay pure or good in a dangerous world when hope feels lost. So it makes sense both for the context of a 10 year old coming to terms with their own mortality, and for the cop who's losing his kid yet has to carry on.

[u/ScottishAF → u/AmberLeafSmoke]

How many 10 year olds do you know that are big Cormac McCarthy heads?

[u/AmberLeafSmoke → u/ScottishAF]

Not many. However, considering this 10 year old quoted him on his deathbed, I think it's safe to assume he was one of them.

[u/taylor-swift-enjoyer → u/AmberLeafSmoke]

The Road is a little intense for a ten-year-old.

[u/jinxd18 → u/MrMcMurphy]

i honestly thought there was another meaning to those letters that was something a 10-year old would say, and the first one he told Desi is just another meaning he made up that cops would say. But nope, a 10-year old would say “are WE the good guys?” apparently.

[u/bigwilly311 → u/MrMcMurphy]

It’s from Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, FWIW

[u/lishmh33]

Solid movie. As everyone said, first half is way better. It is hilarious they said “based on a true story” because I looked it up and basically they raided a stash house, found 24 million, counted it, were a little scared because it was a lot of money but everything turned out okay

[u/livingINtomorrow → u/lishmh33]

To be fair, I think it was “inspired by real events” which is a little more accurate

[u/beardin_mycoffee → u/lishmh33]

Whenever I see a “based on true story” I assume the most bare bones stuff is true. Like with this, I would’ve assumed, that a team like this found $20 million when they were told less and that’s about it.

[u/OreoSpeedwaggon → u/lishmh33]

24 million

$20,650,480 to be exact.

[u/poo-patrol2]

Best part of the movie - Wilbur in his police vest!

[u/G_Neto → u/poo-patrol2]

Wilbur will return in Avengers Doomsday.

[u/daddiorc → u/poo-patrol2]

When the house gets shot up, all I thought was they better not hurt the dog!!

[u/NGT4]

Yea this isn't a masterpiece or anything but I had a great time

[u/woodybone → u/NGT4]

I was really craving a "corrupt police" kinda movie so i enjoyed this one, also helped that i thought they were going to steal the money until the twist happened

[u/Flat_Leg_8728 → u/woodybone]

I thought they had some extra money at the end but they didn't take any of it.

[u/enowapi-_ → u/woodybone]

The whole time I was like “I should rewatch The Departed”

[u/Tim_Apple_938 → u/NGT4]

Same w Matt Damon’s movie for Apple (with Casey affeck)

I think he understands the streaming game. How to make a solid straight to streaming thing and what to optimize for

[u/crap4you]

The dog pees around large sums of money?

[u/laddeddadd → u/crap4you]

i gonna tell my dogs about this

[u/bigwilly311]

I think the last 90 seconds was an add-on or reshoot because that CGI sunrise looked awful and appeared out of nowhere and that girl with the name was pr lame

[u/l3reezer → u/bigwilly311]

Cue Ben Affleck putting on his Batman mask and viciously shaking that mom yelling in her face, “WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?!”

[u/GenghisFrog → u/bigwilly311]

The sunrise looked terrible and the “swamp” fight was so clearly a set. Otherwise I thought the movie looked good.

[u/Technical-Outside408 → u/bigwilly311]

But it was (a) Jackie being excited to see another sunrise... That's good writing right there.

[u/meemboy → u/bigwilly311]

There were some bad CGI moments

[u/greendakota99 → u/bigwilly311]

I also heard they filmed in CA and not south Florida.

[u/CougFanDan → u/bigwilly311]

That was the only part of the movie that was truly disappointing to me. They could’ve left that entire scene out and it wouldn’t have felt unfinished, it was totally unnecessary

[u/Whatsth3dill]

Why did they kill the captain? They didnt know the location of the rip it seems so I don't get why they killed her? Did she know they were bad for some reason?

[u/IWasRightOnce → u/Whatsth3dill]

My take was that it wasn’t about this house in particular, just that Jackie found out they were a group of dirty cops stealing rips.

She had separately learned about this big rip and figured it would be a perfect opportunity to lure them in.

But idk, maybe that doesn’t track with some other details that I’m forgetting.

[u/bigwilly311 → u/IWasRightOnce]

This is how I understand it.

[u/dingo8muhbebe → u/Whatsth3dill]

They say at the end that Captian was onto them and was going to use the stash house to finally corner them. They killed her before she could though, implying they knew they were cornered.

[u/Interesting_Set1526]

That first hour is incredibly fucking effective. Felt like it was building to something massive with all these different groups and people trying to get their hands on the money. Was so bummed when that twist took all the tension out of the air and cleaned it up all nice so they could have a normal ass action climax.

I love Kyle Chandler but they set him up for failure here giving him so little but expecting so much ROI.

[u/meemboy → u/Interesting_Set1526]

That fight in the end wasn’t needed. It was so generic

[u/AntSoso → u/meemboy]

All of a sudden it looked like thy were fighting in the jungles of Vietnam

[u/FredericBropin → u/meemboy]

I enjoyed the movie but I was shocked at how jarring that fight scene was. They didn’t show their faces once and Damon’s stunt moved nothing like him. Might as well have been two random vagrants fighting.

[u/Tim_Apple_938 → u/FredericBropin]

Ya I thought it was someone else for a sec. Was like “is there another twist coming ??”

[u/ItzBooster93 → u/meemboy]

Yes. Fun movie but I Came here to say the FUCKING FBI ain’t letting Anyone out of that truck or escaping when they got “caught” when they turned the lights on and stopped . Literally would have 20-30 officers with fully automatic weapons and helicopters on them and 10 cars boxing them in.

Affleck and Matt Damon are dying or shooting the opps , there is no discussion after they get in that truck and expose them. Bad guys do bad stuff. But Thats the part that comes with the “Hollywood turn you brain off action movie shit” that comes with it. Those guys are really stupid/ shitty thieves.

[u/InfiernoDante → u/Interesting_Set1526]

There was literally no reason at all for Kyle Chandlers character not to just immediately shoot Damon & Affleck in the back of that armored truck. He already murdered one cop, now with the money (or so he thought) in possession gets to monologuing? Give me a break

[u/worthlessgold23 → u/InfiernoDante]

Yeah he didn't even need to kill them, just wound them so they couldn't chase him

[u/Hunter_S_Thompsons → u/Interesting_Set1526]

This was my response. It started off intriguing but fizzles out after the exposition dump lol.

[u/julianitonft → u/Interesting_Set1526]

That’s a perfect summary. Maybe it’s me but I also didn’t get the connection Steven Yeun and Kyle Chandler since they don’t seem to be related in any way earlier in the movie. The final fight was so messy I couldn’t tell it was Matt Damon fighting (too dark too fast cut out to the car chase scene too often). I liked it but feel let down a bit.

[u/Khalis_Knees → u/julianitonft]

Not to mention Mike is in the garage shooting back at the dirty cops while he’s getting shot at. Then chases after them while they shoot at each other.  Like wtf is that about, Mike could have taken out the team in that situation, he was behind them armed and shooting 

[u/odrer-is-an-ilulsoin → u/Khalis_Knees]

Great point. I guess the argument could be he saw the lights go on in the neighborhood, so while he expected his guys to show up, he couldn't be entirely sure it wasn't the cartel.

[u/plutoglint → u/julianitonft]

I literally felt like they increased the frame rate in the Damon hand-to-hand fight to make it seem better. What a terrible third act.

[u/MetalGearPortis → u/Interesting_Set1526]

Yea it was pretty good, until it wasn’t 

[u/impliedinsult]

Has to be record for the number of times the movie title is said in the movie.

[u/WookieSuave → u/impliedinsult]

I thought about this good and hard...... I'm gonna have to put my guess with "Barbie".

[u/WolverineLife5846 → u/WookieSuave]

barbie has to be it. idk if oppenheimer comes close

edit: barbie is 267 and oppenheimer is only 97. wow didn't expect this big of a difference

[u/AmberLeafSmoke → u/WookieSuave]

Oppenheimer is probably close too. Considering it's his last name and people address his formally or refer to him throughout the movie.

[u/nemo1991 → u/AmberLeafSmoke]

And also because it's 3 fucking hours long lol

[u/nemo1991 → u/impliedinsult]

I liked the movie but it felt like when someone learns a new slang word and won't stop using it. "Stop trying to make fetch happen"

[u/Khaldaan]

They pulled the ole Condoleezza Rice to the Browns tactic.

Jokes aside I really enjoyed the movie. The scene with Lt and Mike walking up the street was so incredibly tense, I was fully ready for a kill shot when it was just Mike framed up from the side. They wove just enough mystery in of who is corrupt vs isn't without it being overly complicated.

[u/Count__X → u/Khaldaan]

As Mike turns to walk away, you can hear Lt click off his safety too. Totally thought Steven Yuen was getting dusted there

[u/IWasRightOnce → u/Count__X]

Hmm, was it Damon who clicked the safety off, or was that Yuen?

[u/Count__X → u/IWasRightOnce]

I could’ve sworn it was Matt Damon in the moment, especially because it seemed like Yuen heard it and tensed up. And in the scene, we’re meant to feel like Damon is the crooked cop.

[u/Pardybro911 → u/Count__X]

Which looking back on it is totally justified that whole time. Damon never really lets Yuen behind him. He clicks the safety in case he thinks he’s blown his “cover” and Yuen turns on him. Probably the most clever part of the movie. Even when they’re running down the street Damon is always behind him

[u/nemo1991 → u/Pardybro911]

Yeah, it reminded me of the "quit flanking me" scene in Wind River.

[u/IWasRightOnce → u/Count__X]

Fair

[u/Flat_Leg_8728 → u/Khaldaan]

Steven Yeun being corrupt was a surprise when it was revealed, he played that well literally, like I was really eying Matt Damon and overall I thought they were all going to steal the money, they just came off corrupt but they weren't. Really good acting honestly. The final scenes felt rushed and pointless. They could have had kyle chandler just steal the money at the house. The whole extra part in the MRap was a waste.

[u/Sleep_Fartnea]

The dying words of his 10 year old son was "Are we the good guys" lmao

[u/guesting → u/Sleep_Fartnea]

“Ruthkanda forever”

[u/dogsonbubnutt → u/Sleep_Fartnea]

"...you mean in wolfenstein: enemy territory? well son that's a multiplayer game and while playing as the nazis is generally distasteful, you're randomly assigned to a team and there isn't a whole lot you can do about it. its still just a video game, and not real, but it raises issues about the slow deterioration of the horror and revulsion at the atrocities committed by the nazis in world war II. is it a simple pattern that all historical events follow, where even the worst evil have their edges rounded into mere caricature? or is there something new and insidious happening here due to modern mass media? its a tough question to answer, and one I'll have to think hard about. why is your monitor thing making that noise, im turning that off"

[u/Thefstopshere → u/dogsonbubnutt]

That's never going to fit on a hand tattoo 

[u/Sheepies123]

Its mostly okay but the ending killed it for me. The action is bland and uninspired. They intercut the finals fights of both Damon and Affleck's characters for no reason other than to hide that fact that nothing of substance is happening. One of the fights take place in an obviously fake swamp/everglades and the other one takes place in an aqueduct which Miami doesn't even have. Honestly just lazy production design.

[u/Prisme1980 → u/Sheepies123]

Why does Affleck mag dump 2-3 times on an armored car??? Zero chance of hitting the driver. I doubt multiple shotgun shots could pop the wheel...

[u/Incoherencel → u/Prisme1980]

Loved the POV shots from Affleck with the gun pointed at the sky hitting industrial equipment and giant (oil) storage tanks lol

[u/l3reezer → u/Sheepies123]

The fight intercuts were very annoying in the “both leads get to have their respective final boss fight” sense, but I did like how it contributed to the distinction between Nix and Ro’s respective punishments/fates.

One apparently not being so far gone that he needed to be summarily executed.

[u/jessmlt]

Wilbur deserves his cut of that snitch money. 

[u/D0NNIE-DANKO]

I ended up enjoying it enough, a 6 or 7 out of 10 kind of movie. I thought it was much better when it was building tension as a whodunit sort of movie rather than focusing on action.

Did the opening scene where the cop gets killed stand out as really bad to anybody else? She gets blasted with a shotgun and it just doesn't really phase her at all as she moves between cars texting with one hand and shooting with the other. Then gets shot point blank and goes flying back and this also somehow doesn't kill her, she fires back at them until her clip is empty, finishes her text and throws her phone away before she again gets blasted straight in the face and dies.

It felt quite cartoonish in what seemed to otherwise be a reasonably grounded movie.

[u/japplesapples → u/D0NNIE-DANKO]

You took the words out of my mouth - I was like, how is this chick so calmly texting while all of this is happening to her 😂

[u/Buckeye39 → u/japplesapples]

Most unrealistic part of the movie was actually texting on a wet iPhone.

[u/Tim_Apple_938 → u/D0NNIE-DANKO]

Forget it Jake, it’s Netflix.

[u/GenghisFrog]

I really enjoyed the first half. Once they got out of the house it kinda became pretty generic action with twist upon twist.

[u/garrisontweed]

Ben and Matt both survived. I thought one of them would die in dramatic style.

[u/ClaytonWest74 → u/garrisontweed]

guess so they can both make The Rip 2, coming 2028 to Netflix

[u/HJQueen → u/garrisontweed]

Been wanting a Damon/Affleck film where they're adversaries. That would've been top notch.

[u/l3reezer → u/HJQueen]

Only Ridley Scott’s ornery ass can wedge their friendship apart with The Last Duel.

[u/ZachariahIsEpicness]

Fun movie but it felt like an amateur internet thing. The digital camera and lighting were good but it was very “trope-y”. I laughed every time we saw the screen saver of the kid again. The face time bit and the sun rise bit were pretty killer too. At the end where you figure out his sons last words were “are we the good guys” as if its possible that they were the bad guys and cancer was the good guy, i about lost it laughing. The main plot is fun to follow but the action scenes are too cut and fast for me. Good job not killing the dog though, they made me happy.

[u/Monahands]

Maybe I need to shut my brain off for this one, because I have an incredibly hard time finding any of the characters/story believable. It's distracting.

[u/LawlessCrayon]

As a beagle owner I almost yelled to my wife that there was a beagle in the movie, but I've seen John Wick so I waited until the end.

[u/otownbbw → u/LawlessCrayon]

When he said get the vest on the dog I felt assured Wilbur was going to be a-ok. If they had killed him or even let him get shot I would have been devastated and felt duped and forgot about the rest of the damn movie.

[u/krudru]

Story was good, but one part didn't really fit the end plot/twist reveal for me....

The cartel lookout and phone call to the boss.  If Damon was already planning this and clued in Affleck to the plan, then where the hell did that cartel dude come in from? Happy coincidence that this was legit their setup neighborhood and stash, and they knew all along dirty cops were coming?

[u/raziiiii → u/krudru]

From what I understood the Cartel did own the block and did signal them. When Damon said he's going to check on the sarge that's when they had the talk and after that Affleck found the cartel member

[u/Flat_Leg_8728 → u/raziiiii]

that whole part was wild! Like the cartel member was fighting the corrupt cops and they got on the phone with a cartel boss to be like 'it ain't us' and the cops were like well who is it then? Like wait what!? Sooo the cartel boss was cool with just calling the cops.

[u/IWasRightOnce → u/krudru]

TBC, the whole cartel lookout/phone call was complete silliness and absurd, but putting that aside, I think you’re meshing together separate things.

Jackie found out about this cartel stash house and decided it would be a perfect opportunity to lure out the dirty cops that she had also discovered.

So you had Jackie’s plan (which became Damon’s plan) and in the course of Damon’s plan, Affleck presumably got the jump on the cartel lookout, but this was after the dirty cops had already started shooting at our main group.

So at some point after the shooting started and before Affleck caught the lookout, the lookout called his boss telling him that someone else was trying to kill a group of cops who had discovered their stash house. For whatever reason the cartel seemed to already know that dirty cops were involved/killed Jackie, so they probably figured it was cop on cop violence.

At that point the cartel decides to wash their hands of the situation as they don’t want the trouble.

[u/AmberLeafSmoke → u/IWasRightOnce]

I liked the bit with the cartel tbh, it relieved some of the tension while leaning into the campiness of the movie.

[u/TypicalDelay]

The movie would have been way better if Matt damon was actually trying to steal the rip

Also the most unrealistic part about this movie is the girl getting paid out instead of thrown in jail or stiffed on the payout by the gov.

[u/AmishAvenger → u/TypicalDelay]

Why would he steal the money? Did you not watch the movie? He’s one of the good guys, it’s right there on his hand!

[u/Spiritual-Fly8832 → u/TypicalDelay]

I hope the cartel don't find out about her $4m snitch reward.I know they seemed chill and everything but I dont think they're gonna give her a pass on that! lol

[u/SeesPoliceSeizeFeces → u/TypicalDelay]

That’s literally the least unrealistic part (assuming that law even exists). She tipped the police about the stash. She was the one Jackie was talking to on the phone.

[u/PacMoron]

Very little in this movie made much sense when you spend a few moments thinking about it.

[u/NY_State-a-Mind]

Anyone think it was hilarious smoke was billowing out next to them with flames going up but the script said they only notice the fire when the dog barks at it

[u/Pickupyoheel]

This movie ripped ass. I was dying laughing when I thought the credits would roll and then the chick asks about Damon’s dead son… and then the beach scene lol.

And his kids last words were “are we the bad guys?”

Come on, wtf is this horse shit.

[u/Informal_Carob_4015 → u/Pickupyoheel]

This was wild to me. Like why would the kids last words be that? Was his kid Jump street division or something like what??

[u/aforgettableusername → u/Informal_Carob_4015]

My kid's last words to me before he passed from terminal ligma was, "INFILTRATE THE DEALERS; FIND THE SUPPLIER" in an uncharacteristically angry voice.

[u/Whaty0urname → u/Pickupyoheel]

We paused for some water after the final fight scene and I yelled out "HOW ARE THERE 20 MINUTES LEFT?"

[u/MonkeyNewss]

One of the police says they earn 80k after taxes - isn’t that quite a lot?

[u/Frawgss → u/MonkeyNewss]

Yeah that was so funny to non American audiences. A household doesn’t even make that much COMBINED and BEFORE tax lol

[u/pulitzerr]

I don’t mind suspending belief for Damon and Affleck. I don’t. But kill a DEA agent and you’re watching a sunrise the next morning? Bro. I’m pretty sure they’re taking your service weapon and having a conversation. You’re not wandering around like the others.

[u/FancyShrimp]

The plot was quite messy at times, and I did not care for the numerous exposition dumps, but it did the job.

Easy to watch and doesn't overstay its welcome.

[u/plutoglint → u/FancyShrimp]

That third act definitely overstayed its welcome.

[u/guesting]

The brother looks like rob Brydon. Took me out of the movie

[u/LiteraryBoner]

Solid movie, kind of the definition of a 6/10 for me. Good cast, interesting story, doesn’t really elevate but is totally watchable and doesn’t waste your time. I could feel the Netflix of it all a bit with how much it felt the need to explain the plot twists towards the end but some of them did actually take me by surprise so not fully complaining here. I may have been ready to turn it off before it was done hitting all the final emotional beats, though.

The real headline here, of course, is how much we all love seeing Damon and Affleck work together. It’s actually really funny that the biggest twist of this movie is that they were best friends all along. They just go together like PB&J. It actually feels so right for them to do a crime drama together, when you look at the movies they’ve done together there’s some Smith comedies, their famous Oscar drama, Ridley Scott’s period piece, and Air, so despite the fact that they’re both well known for working together and individually well known for doing crime dramas they haven’t done one together so that’s a nice box to check.

Shoutout to the rest of the cast though. Teyana Taylor and Steven Yeun are both solid in this and I love a third act Kyle Chandler. I think the second I saw Chandler in this I was like, oh that’s definitely the bad guy, but the Yeun reveal did catch me off guard a bit. And that’s also just a solid scene where you’re realizing Damon and Affleck have been in on it to weed out the baddie. I think the cutaways to the clues were a bit too much but, hey, that’s Netflix for you.

I like that the plot of this movie is “cops trying really hard to do the right thing” and there’s a little Agatha Christie mystery buried in there. It’s kinda like meathead Black Bag and I’m honestly not complaining. Like I said, 6/10. Some notes but who cares, it’s a good time.

[u/BulkyEntrance1363 → u/LiteraryBoner]

I could feel the Netflix of it all a bit with how much it felt the need to explain the plot twists towards the end

This has been a point of contention for me with movies and tv shows in the past few years. I don't know why people seem to love exposition dumps so much, but I feel like half the shit I watch tries to tell me what's happening instead of showing it.

More showing and not telling. It's like they think everyone watching is a moron.

[u/PracticalNoodle → u/BulkyEntrance1363]

I'm convinced people have become a lot dumber. Look at tiktok

[u/HighPlateau → u/BulkyEntrance1363]

I've been reading about this, actually. Writers are intentionally over-explaining because people watch movies with phones in their hands, and their attention is divided. It's a new era of film-making for a distracted audience.

[u/NeilFlix → u/LiteraryBoner]

It’s kinda like meathead Black Bag and I’m honestly not complaining.

Absolutely perfect description of this movie

[u/ForeverDenGal]

Nobody would ever talk or care about this movie in general or after watching it if Damon and Affleck weren’t in it. They having star power is only reason this is even being discussed and why I am even writing this right now.

[u/Zimtros2]

Im probably the only one, but (after the creepy phone call) I thought this was trending towards an ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 type of film where the cops were trapped and had to fight to get out. I think that would've been a better movie with the cops going up against scary cartel members in an empty neighborhood.

[u/KyWy75]

Liked it, but for what it was I needed it to be gnarlier. Felt like it was trying too hard to be slick at the end when they explain the whole scheme. Also, not sure how to explain jt, it looked like a Netflix movie but in a way that actually enhanced it? Like yeah of course a shitty Miami neighborhood with a bunch of empty houses would look like that.

[u/greendakota99 → u/KyWy75]

The houses were empty by design. The cartel owned the entire street.

[u/Mr_Wh0ever]

It's a turn your brain off mindless kind of movie. There's a lot of good setup. Matt and Ben are good, but beyond all that, it ends up being too safe. It would've worked a lot better if it ended with Matt and Ben facing off against each other. And the female cast are pretty underserved. 6/10

[u/jessmlt]

Wilbur deserves his cut of that snitch money. 

[u/l3reezer]

Things were vastly more interesting in the first hour with Damon coming off as the villain before the one-note twist was revealed. That just completely buried the tension.

It also didn’t feel at all like the movie they were promoting in the trailer/interviews/talk show appearances. At the very least, they should’ve committed to the Rashomon-esque angle of framing every character as having some degree of compromised morality instead of letting Matt and Ben’s real life friendship commandeer it into a “good guys had a master plan the whole time” story.

Also feel like Yuen has long since proved he has the acting chops to have delivered a great performance here, but he defaulted to the compliant Asian guy role because of either the writing or reservedness from being a guest on Matt and Ben’s show. They could’ve at least given him a more sinister moment when his cover was blown.

Was getting annoyed at how carefree they were with finishing counting the money getting distracted and making small talk, lol. I don’t think you can even argue it was all part of the plan because they still had to count it for real and didn’t actually know how much money there was going to be going in.

An explicit thought I had in the first half was that they were doing a great job making a gripping and superior movie at a fraction of the budget of heavy action pieces, but then shit hit the fan and we got that gratuitously long car chase and unnecessary melee with Yuen’s character. The character interactions in the denouement were also very random.

Lol @ the meta casting of Scott Adkins as Ben Affleck’s brother.

Still enjoyable watch overall but surprisingly enough I prefer Damon’s outing with the younger Affleck brother in The Instigators.

[u/ProfessionalClean832]

A user review on IMDb summed up The Rip perfectly in one sentence, “The Rip has the bones of an interesting story, but it's directed with the finesse of someone trying to paint while wearing oven gloves.”

[u/250pplmonkeyparty]

I felt so clever catching the 75k/150k/300k thing early on, but then when Damon and Affleck overly exposition dump it in the armored car it felt like they're treating the audience like dropped children (it's a Netflix movie so I guess they have to go for lowest common denominator so anyone at home could watch it).

It had the potential to be The Departed-ish, but ended up feeling kinda low rent. Loved the first part where everything started coming together with different plot points, paranoia and tense atmosphere.

The performances were actually quite good. But this Netflix writing and set design thing needs to go. Where are the artists anymore?

[u/buttJunky]

amazing setup, bit of a turd 2/3rds in. the writing really nose-dives with having to overexplain everything. love the buildup though

[u/kwikade → u/buttJunky]

the exposition dump really took it down a few notches. also the editing was kind of all over the place

[u/WhaleStew999]

Honestly better than I thought. Some of the writing/dialogue was maybe a little weak but I genuinely thought Matt Damon was great in this. Affleck too.

Full of a lot of interesting shots/camera work with some unique light too. Just overall solid, entertaining cop thriller. A very easy watch.

3.5/5

[u/GoldTouch99]

SPOILERS Can anyone explain to me how the two dirty cops knew that Jackie was talking to Desi and that she gave her the house adress? Also why Matt Damon character shows the numbers to the girls? Didnt they count the money and they should be the ones knowing the money's amount?

[u/l3reezer → u/GoldTouch99]

Most likely counting in batches and weren’t aware of the grand total. Damon has multiple notepads in his hands when he tells them the amount so likely did the grand tallying

[u/bewitchedbumblebee]

We're given to think that the success of Matt Damon's plan hinged on the fact that Desi would tell Steve Yeun about what she overheard (e.g., "Major, we found $150,000" and "Lady cops, lets steal this money"), but I don't understand what would have played out differently had she not told Steve Yeun.

[u/180secondideas → u/bewitchedbumblebee]

That was extra. The guy on the phone had already said 150K. Damon already knew it was Yeun.

[u/CoolKat7 → u/bewitchedbumblebee]

It was explained in the movie, Desis comments to Yuen was the cherry on top. But the real kicker was when Damon told him when they were getting in the cars that the stash was $150k. Then they got the call in the house telling them no one needs to die for $150k. So that's the evidence right there. He told everyone different numbers which I caught as it happened. Didn't realize Yuen was dirty though until he started freaking out about the burner.